1. What happened during the depression?
2. What is meant by the line "the roaring twenties" was put to a halt because of the great depression?
3. In the "Death of a Salesman", Willy Loman is a salesman who depended on the sales to earn a living. How is his being a salesman affected by the great depression?
4. Write the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
5. In the history of the Philippines, has there been a similar event like the Great Depression? Include reliable sources.
6. Is the economic phenomenon still happening in the US at this present day? Give examples.
7. How does the Great Depression connect with the American Dream?
Answers & Comments
Answer:
1.In the United States, where the effects of the depression were generally worst, between 1929 and 1933 industrial production fell nearly 47 percent, gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 30 percent, and unemployment reached more than 20 percent.
2.Means that the decade of economic growth was stopped in 1920s because of economic crisis